A convicted double murderer from Teesside “kicked off” in prison, after his bread ration was cut, leaving five officers needing hospital treatment.

Killer Mark Robinson told one supervising officer at HMP Wakefield he was unhappy after his bread quota was changed, from two loaves weekly to being given two to three slices a day instead, to be kept in a plastic container for freshness.

As he was being taken back to his cell from collecting a meal in the “close supervision centre” which houses some of the country’s most dangerous offenders, 20-stone Robinson told an officer: “I’m not happy with the bread situation boss.”

Christopher Jackson, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court yesterday the officer said he would print off a notice explaining the situation for Robinson - but he only responded: “Well I’m not happy and I might kick off”.

Within seconds Robinson, who is over six feet tall, threw his tray up in the air and kicked the officer in the groin so hard it lifted him up off the ground.

Other officers then went to his assistance including Craig Dudley who was punched in the face with such force it broke his nose. He subsequently had to have his nose reset in hospital and surgery to remove cartilage to help his breathing.

It took 10 officers to subdue Robinson in the end, including one who suffered a perforated eardrum and a total of five were treated in hospital.

The court heard prisoners had been unsettled in the centre in December 2011 because of staff changes, with regular officers being replaced by some new ones, which upset prisoners who liked to see the same faces. The food change then added to the issue.

Robinson, originally from Billingham, was only 17 when he was first convicted of murdering a 32-year-old married neighbour Patricia Wagner after confronting her at her home.

He served a life sentence, was released and killed again, this time for repeatedly stabbing his girlfriend Sharon Morley, 25. He was then ordered to serve a whole life tariff.

Robinson, now 52, refused to leave his cell at the jail yesterday to appear on a video link to Leeds Crown Court and was sentenced to three years in his absence for assaulting Mr Dudley and affray to run concurrent with his present sentence.

The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC said Robinson was clearly a “very dangerous man”. That was not the first time he had behaved in a violent way towards staff in prison having twice before been sentenced for attacks on officers, including one at a previous prison.

The incident, in 2011, had taken so long to reach court because of the medical affect on Mr Dudley, among others, that day.

He said the public might wonder why such incidents were charged when under current legislation Robinson would never be released “but we live under the rule of law in this country and such crimes will be prosecuted.”